Hadith 9368

Chapter 436

باب 436

(436) بَابُ

(436) Chapter: Chapter
11
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرَّ فِي السُّوقِ دَاخِلاً مِنْ بَعْضِ الْعَالِيَةِ وَالنَّاسُ كَنَفَيْهِ، فَمَرَّ بِجَدْيٍ أَسَكَّ، فَتَنَاوَلَهُ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنَّ هَذَا لَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ؟ فَقَالُوا: مَا نُحِبُّ أَنَّهُ لَنَا بِشَيْءٍ، وَمَا نَصْنَعُ بِهِ؟ قَالَ: أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنَّهُ لَكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: لاَ، قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ ثَلاَثًا، فَقَالُوا: لاَ وَاللَّهِ، لَوْ كَانَ حَيًّا لَكَانَ عَيْبًا فِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَسَكُّ، وَالأَسَكُّ: الَّذِي لَيْسَ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ، فَكَيْفَ وَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ؟ قَالَ: فَوَاللَّهِ، لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مَنْ هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ.


Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, passed through the market, entering frompart of the high part of the city and the people were on both sides ofhim. He passed by a dead one-eared goat and reached out and took its ear.Then he said, "Who would like to buy this for a dirham?" They said, "Whywould we want it when it is worthless? What would we do with it?" He said,"Would you like to have it?" "No," they replied. He asked them that threetimes and they said, "No, by Allah! If it were alive, it would have a defectas it only has one ear. Why would we want it when it is dead?" The Prophetsaid, "By Allah, this world is less in the sight of Allah than this goatis to you."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 962

In-book reference: Book 41, Hadith 11

English translation: Book 41, Hadith 962